Success

Well I'm proud to say we had major success with "Light It Up!" on Oct 8th! Managed to collect 446 food goods to help benefit the Rainbow Kitchen of Homestead and $50+ via black hearts clothing give away and madame stitches crafting sales combined! Will know later today the actual total once the check is written up for the food bank :)

I want to thank each and every single last one of you who came and supported this event. And due to popular demand we will be throwing another very soon. For more info please visit our facebook for "Not my kids! Promo" page. There you will find our email, twitter, and forum to be booked for upcoming events. We have many surprises in store brewing in our heads.

I personally wrote a letter to Rainbow Kitchen in which I handed to them while dropping off the food in which I left my email. And we received a email back from them that I want to share with you all:

"On behalf of everyone at Rainbow Kitchen Community Services, I would like to thank you for your generous donation of food.  Your donation helps us to continue to provide vital assistance to those in need.

Since 1984, Rainbow Kitchen has focused on helping families and individuals to cope with inadequate incomes by addressing their immediate needs, offering guidance and support in times of crisis, and providing the basic stepping stones needed to work towards self-sufficiency. Today, our help is needed more than ever.

These are very challenging times for those we serve, as they struggle to stretch already-scarce resources ever further.  This is true for Rainbow Kitchen, as well.  More people need more help, and we too are experiencing the need to stretch our resources as we work to meet the increased need.

With your help, Rainbow Kitchen Community Services provides an improved quality of life for low-income children, elderly and disabled individuals, single-parent families, homeless individuals, the unemployed, and the working poor.  Thank you for your support!
Lori Roadway

Program Director"

So again a very special thank you from us here at "Not my kids! Promo". We look forward to bringing you all many more amazing nights and to continue helping the community around us in the process.

Light It Up! Secret Reviled!

So as many of you may know I had been planning something. Well the cat is out of the bag! I present to you "Light It Up" you can find more info, keep updated and RSVP for it Here on fb! Be sure to come out & experience a blast from the past on October 8th with you'r PGH DJs:

• [Headliner] 7up (House)
• JMe (Wobbly Electro House Bassline and Fidget)
• Kilo (Drum and Bass)
• Sean 2:16 (Heavy Bass)
• Eryn Evans (TBA)
•  F!3nd (Hardstyle)
• Sean 2:16 (Heavy Bass)
• Solitude 3.0 (Psy Trance)
•  SHN (Electro/Bassline)
• viralSHARK (Electro House/Breaks)
• Vyrux (Dutch House/Dubstep)
• CYPHER (Jackin House/ Electro)
• Apocalypsa (Dark Psytrance)
•  SikShooter (house/electro)

 Both stages will be aired LIVE on Plur.FM during the event from 8pm-3am.

So if you don't make it out be sure to check it out at Plur.Fm on the live audio feed.

This event is a all ages party. $15 to enter $10 with 2 nonperishable food items.

There will also be a charity raffle sponsored by Black Heart Clothing. Tickets are $2. All proceeds will benefit The Rainbow Kitchen of Homestead Pa.

Also this party is a 80's/early 90's raver theme in honor of KandyGlow's birthday. So have fun with it.

And a friendly reminder that ROAR will be in full effect!

TCWAU youtube update

Just updated the youtube page with a short video. Be sure to click the link on the top page here on the blog to check it out. And remember to subscribe :)

The DJ Corner (ep1 artist 1)

So we just kicked off the live feed of bridge city beat sluts with 7up and clevr on plur.fm! Be sure to tune in and listen to the audio feed of our live interview! Feel free to submit questions before the end of the show to be asked! You can find the question feed on the plur.fm fb page here. Also be sure to go to TCWAU fb page and hit like to keep up to date with future interviews and info of when the video of the interview will be posted on the youtube page!

Thanks again to all the fans that make this possible. And be sure to continue helping the station to provide you guys with amazing local artists and segments like this.

As always XoXoXo ~Stitches

And were good!

Hello everyone welcome to the blog.

We've got some new updates for you all that I hope please the masses :D

So here it goes....

1. We will be doing our first vlog interview for "The DJ Booth" (no longer DJ Corner) on Aug 10th after The Bridge City Beat Sluts air's 5-8pm with DJ 7UP
2. We officially have a tumblr, youtube, Facebook & Twitter for the blog set up
3. Due to the upcoming interview I'd like to hear some of your questions for our featured DJ
4. We will be airing LIVE from plur.fm during the interview
5. Video should be posted on the youtube a few days after the interview takes place on the station

Now some things we have noticed as far as plur.fm goes:

• Some people are un aware that plur.fm is a 24/7 station & is a internet station at that.
• There will be polls posted on the plur.fm fb page for questions to be asked concerning the featured dj along with on the tcwau fb page.
• You can ask questions for DJ's on the following items: plur.fm fb question polls, tcwau fb page, the comments to this blog, on tumblr, Youtube and twitter.
• All question asked regarding the DJ will be used in exception to questions felt to be to personal, or if there isn't enough time to fit all the questions asked in. Those questions could be recycled for if the DJ is brought back again or used for a future DJ interview.

Other items, requests & such things:

I'm always looking for pittsburgh locals to help with the blog & vlog. Let that be help maintaining updates, answering questions or simply help getting things recorded &organized. So with that being said if you are a Pittsburgh local & can get around to places on your own & more importantly are RELIABLE then please email me at TheColorfulWorldAroundUs@yahoo.com. 

I ask that you include the following:

• Name
• Phone number
• Email
• qualifications (filming, writing, photography, ect.)
• Form of transportation
• And any other information you feel acceptable for subject at hand.

Thanks once again from us here at tcwau and plur.fm

Hello there!

    Hello to everyone from us here at TCWAU! Today I'm writing to notify you all that the video portion of the blog is coming along well :) Just a bit more tweeking and we should be good to go. SO expect to see what weve been planning some time next month and join the TCWAU Youtube page to see as well :D

Thanks again and like always check out the pages below!

Plur.fm Facebook

TCWAU Facebook

The Dj Corner (#1) With Featured Dj Eric Bliss

Welcome to The Dj Corner with your local raver blogger Stitches!

    Hello and welcome to the very first appearance of this segment in which (normally) every Friday I will be presenting you the readers with some info, links and Q&A with the featured Live DJ on Plur.Fm's weekly Saturday Live set. This weeks segment is earlier then planned due to the fact I won't be in a area allowing internet to post like planned. So when that situation ever arises I will be presenting earlier such as this weeks. Also normally we want to try to ask 20 questions to the dj so be sure to visit the blogs fb page and leave a question to be asked and featured in the segment! With that being said on with the blog!!

This weeks featured live DJ is Eric Bliss be sure to check out and like his  Facebook page! Eric Bliss will be spinning on Plur.Fm 7/10/11. Event info listed here.

Q1. At what age did you get you'r own equipment & start spinning music?

A. Around 18 or 19, a friend bought some decks and they were basically our community decks.

Q2. Who inspired you to want to become a DJ?

A. I loved our local dj's back in the 90s.  Dust, 7up, Tim and Ted Zelch, Deep Blue I think his name was, breaks DJ from Youngstown.  Seeing them playing so much and having such a good time at it really inspired me a lot.

Q3. When/Where did you play for the first time? Age?

A. For Candy Gang at some show at some roller rink in the Mars area.  I played so badly but it was a great learning experience!

Q4. When you pic a medium for a source of music, what do you prefer? (Records, Cd's, Ect.)

A. CDJs for sure!  Left vinyl kicking and screaming, but CDJS are much more stable and make a lot more sense for a bouncy, crazy rave environment.  I'm over telling kids to settle down when they get excited so things don't skip. 

Q5. Whats your favorite game?

A. Pin the tail on the human.  It's best if your friends don't know they're playing.

Q6. How did you get your start?

A. Back in the 90s, I just bugged the shit out of Donny and Dave with Candy Gang and played a couple opening slots for them, no biggie. I left the scene for a while between 2000-2005 but when I came back around I just played at as many house parties as I could, went to every event, hung out with everybody, and promoted for everybody.  That's the way you gotta do it. Partying with as many people as you can is the absolute best way to get and maintain a following, even if your friends don't like your music they'll still come out and support you.

Q7. What helps inspire you'r mixes?

A. Amazing tracks!

Q8. Whats your opinion about Plur.fm?

A. I think it's an awesome way for local dj's to get their mixes heard. I love being able to stream the parties too. Great asset for Pittsburgh's electronic music scene! 

Q9. How do you feel that this blog & segment will help inspiring future DJs?

A. Hopefully the up and comers see how genuinely excited about the music we are and will get the bug to practice their asses off and eventually put themselves out there and do it for a raging crowd! 

Also check out links to some pages to find more info and other amazing things by Eric Bliss right here:

• Facebook Fan Page
• Deejay-Mixes.com Page
• Lolli.org Page
• Sound Cloud Page

Like always,

    Thank you for partaking in this journey with us to help not only inform, but to bring sources to help all the fans of electronic music/culture, Let it be in Pittsburgh or around the world.

 (click names for links)Sincerely, 

TCWAU Blogger, Madame Stitches

&

Plur.Fm

Calling All Fans

    So with much planning still going on to start conducting this segment hopefully by sometime next week I will be starting a weekly piece each week called

    During this segment, planning to be every sat, I will be posting information about the featured DJ that will be playing live on Plur.fm every sunday night. Along with that I will hopefully be posting some pre/post Q&A with the DJs as well. So with that being said, be sure to check out the calendar for Plur.fm and see who is going to be playing and go to our T.C.W.A.U. Blog Facebook page Like and leave us a question that you would like to include in the DJ   Q&A segments.

ALSO I will be posting reminders Each Tuesday to tune into Bridge City Beat Sluts every Wed night with DJ 7Up and Clevr! So be sure to check that out as well.

Like always we want to thank you for all your support

Thank you! From Stitches & Plur.fm

Its been a while

HELLO!

It has been a while since I've made a post here and I thought I would write one to share my facebook page for my craft shop

This is the Banner for my shop on fb that you can find by clicking here

Right now for the most part I am selling Kandi jewelry. I also have a selection of personal items up for grab. Make sure to partake in the question poll to help me bring to you everything you wanna see in the future. Lots of surprises in store :)

Also be sure to like the official facebook page (still under updating) for T.C.W.A.U.  blog spot :)
To do so just click here!

And as always....

Be sure to go to Plur.fm and check out all the amazing local  DJs of pgh!

Thanks again for checking out the blog. Until next time.

P.L.U.R!

Don't Miss Ultra Violet (June18th)

Don't miss out on June 18th!

To get all the details visit Lolli for time, price & venue! If you have any questions you can email Eternal Sound Productions!

The event is going to be black light active for those of you who wanna glow it up. Sound and Lights provided by Big B.

Doors Open @7:00pm

$20 Admission

$15 Before 10:00pm

SO COME EARLY!!!!

And as for the amazing DJs that will be blowing up the venue:

• Dj Fett (NickNick) [drum n' bass]
• Colin [hardcore](7-8 main stage)
• HAC [hardcore] (8-9 bar stage)
• DJ Fiend vs. Black Daddy [tech style/hard dance](8-9 main stage)
• Xero [sluty electro] (9-10 bar stage)
• Sean 2:16 [special hardcore set](10-11 main stage)
• Skoots vs. EK [hardcore](9-10 main stage)
• Eric Bliss [trance] (11-12 main stage)
• Eryn Evans vs. J-me [house/bassline/electro/fidget](11-12 bar stage)
• Naoko [acid/hard techno] (1-2 main stage)
• Omen [jackin house/uk funky](10-11 bar stage)
• Etch vs. Agent smith [breaks/drum n' bass](12-1 bar stage)
• Tika [hardcore](1-2 bar stage)

And of course our headliners:

JIMNI CRICKET(2-3 main stage) - Seattle native Jimni Cricket has been DJ'ing professionally for 10 years focusing on everything from cheesy Happy Hardcore, to live mash-ups and pretty much anything else under the sun. In recent years she been extremely dedicated to making herself one of the most technical djs in the US. Constantly learning new tricks and challenging herself, Jimni is well know for her quick mixing and ninja-like scratching abilities, she will often throw over 40 tracks, effortly over the course of an hour set. Jimni Cricket is a resident DJ, and is featured monthly with NAHM (North American Hardcore Movement) which hosts an weekly internet radio show high that boasts some of the finest Hardcore talent in North America and averages over 500 listeners week in and week out. Jimni has also been featured on fm radio C 89.5 (www.c895worldwide.org) and kgrg. On her quest to leave no city untouched, she has headlined in almost every US state and ventured into Canada. With her unique style and adorable personality the bug makes friends and fans at every single show, a fact that an army of candy ravers across North America can attest to. Check out her site on myspace.com to view her web-comic that features cameos by some of the US and Canada's hottest hardcore talent.

DJ SIRIUS (12-1 main stage) - "The Prodigal Son" awakens and returns to his home town and chose this party as his ALBUM RELEASE PARTY! Known for his twisting epic sets of Hardcore/DnB/Hard Dance genres. This underground headliner has rocked Toronto to Philly and even brought hardcore to Miami. Get your free copy this night or download it! www.myspace.com/djsirius www.mikeyshanley.com

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With all of that being said I hope that all of you readers from or will be in the are will attend. And of course if you aren't able to make it be sure to support these DJs by following them on their facebooks, soundcloud, and other sources available to all you listeners.

And as always be sure to check out Plur.fm on Facebook or at Plur.fm and listen to the live broadcasting!

Thank you again for checking out the blog. Remember be sure to follow, comment, and forward.

:)

Deadmau5 Going Disney??

Deadmau5 to sell out to disney?

        So today I came across this post stating that electronic musician Deadmau5 was rumored to be selling his image and name to Disney. Now personally I find this to be rather amusing. And personally I hope that this never happens for the sake of all electronic music. Now here below is a image still I took after I noticed in the feed is a comment from what would seem to be Deadmau5 himself. And I'm going to assume that it is (despite the loads and loads of fake accounts and information sources on the internet these days).

    

     As far as the entire "rave culture" being the new sound of music, because all of business corporeal america feels the need to jump the band wagon of whats good and popular and milk it till its dry and dead, this annoys me. This is do for my enjoyment of the genre. And I appreciate musicians such as Deadmau5 and Shrillex for making the genre more spread out I can't help but hate the fact that society has twisted what the scene behind the music is. And as tolerant as I am of music genres and respect musicians choices, because of course without one genre you can't have another, I am beginning to hate the fact that this culture that use to be "underground" is starting to show up in "mainstream" music such as, for example, Britney Spears incorporating Dubstep into her sound.

    Don't get me wrong a few of these songs of hers such as "End of the world" are actually pretty good and I enjoy listening to. Where as other songs of hers such as "Hold it against me" bother the living hell out of me. And the idea of Deadmau5 selling his image to Disney, being true or not, bothers me. The last thing I want is to start seeing the "rave scene" become even younger then it already is. Seeing 15-17 year olds run around half naked acting like moronic sluts because something thats popular is playing bothers me enough already.

    And being a aunt and god mother of kids in the age group of 1-12 makes this idea even harder to swallow. So heres to the hope of this all just being a complete load of crap because I for one think disney should stick to its preset age demographic and princess movies. 

please note I in no way shape or form state that I personally find this to be a true. I don't agree that this is to happen. This is simply my idea on the fact and what I feel would come if it were to actually happen. Thank you!

Now I wanna hear all of your ideas about the subject and things that you may of hear on the subject! Also the next blog will have a link to some awesome steals on some friends items for sale along with my selection!!  I will also be including my new portion of the blog I want to add each week called "Stitches Ear Kandi"  so be sure to come check it out.

And be sure to check out plur.fm at their website or facebook page to hear some amazing dj's and learn about some amazing events to!

Thanks for the support and besure to comment, follow, forward and spread the word!

Hello and welcome/First new topic

Hello and welcome!

To start off and get us better acquainted my name is Stitches. I have decided to redo my entire blog and use it to share Ideas, Links, Events and other information I feel is worth sharing with you. I also have a youtube page for sharing information, random ideas, and music of local artists and DJ's I feel worthy of subscribers :)

With that being said I do hope that everyone who comes across this blog and future posts to come will follow and comment. As I don't encourage to censer ones opinions  I DO ask that you keep negativity to yourself. By negativity I mean any form of racism or discrimination that is deemed unnecessary in any situation.

For our first official topic post....

So a friend of mine showed me this complete abomination of a artical written about what a raver and raves are in which you can read here.

Image Credit

 I personally have never laughed so hard at these descriptions of  musicians and the sub-catigories for the individuals to attend these electronic music events. And yes I to attend these events myself. That being said is one of the reasons this false advertisement of the raver life made me laugh so hard.

Now you cant be to surprised, I mean what else are we to expect from a christian background site that has writers who have never experienced the things in which they falsely fill parents heads about? Granted yes there will be those groups of individuals who mess it up for the rest with drugs and lude behavior. HOWEVER this is not every raver you meet. And every rave I have ever attended in my neck of the woods has had on call officers at the event from door open-close.

And I have never been at a event that had a on call ambulance EVER which makes me laugh. Every event is located in a legit and legal venue. Though occasionally in some areas that may not be the case every time. Which is why if there isn't a flier with a venue in which is legally obtained you wont find me there.

These are the things that make me simply have to say to you all, if you want to inform someone about something know what your talking about. If you don't go and experience something how can you take it upon yourself to inform others when you yourself are in the dark? These parties have come a long way since they started off. And alot of people, like myself, struggle to help change others opinions of what they think of when they hear the word Rave so please don't feed into the rubbish and stereotypical idea that is often the first thing that comes to your average individuals mind. Thank you!

Now I'm curious as to all of you'r views and opinions on this artical and how people view this subject all together.